Diffusive boundary layers, photosynthesis, and respiration of the colony-forming plankton algae, Phaeocystis sp.

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1949-1958

  Ploug, Helle ^a,d   Stolte, Willem ^b,e   Epping, Eric H G ^b   Jørgensen, Bo Barker ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREATHING; DIFFUSION; ELECTRODE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; DIFFUSION; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESPIRATION;

BARENTS SEA; NORTH SEA;

ALGAE; PHAEOCYSTIS;

EID: 0032759511     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.8.1949     Document Type: Article

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